Julia Scherba de Valenzuela, Ph.D.
    Home
    Courses
    Handouts
    Vision
    Vita
    e-mail me
    .
    click here to return to the course home page
    October 14, 2008 (week #8)
    Topic:  Portfolios
    Class outline:
    4:20-4:30 Questions, quandaries, connundrums AND announcements:
    • Don’t forget to turn in your second classroom-based assessment instrument tonight.
    • Next week, your last classroom-based assessment is due. Don't forget to collect data with your assessments, as you will need to report on this at the end of the semester.
    • Don't forget to come in to office hours for ANY reason.
    4:30-5:30 Interactive presentation: portfolios
    5:40-5:50 Break
    5:50-6:10 Small Group Activity:
    • Share what you learned about portfolios from the assigned article you read (jigsaw activity).
    • Then, each person will share their ideas (from the previous brainstorms) of how they will use portfolios in their classroom. Group members will provide feedback.
    6:10-6:35 Report out and class discussion
    6:35-6:50 mid-semester course evaluation (How's it going for you so far?) 

    Overheads:

    • PowerPoint file


    Assigned Readings:
     
    1.) Salend, S., & Duhaney, L. M. G. (2002). Grading students in inclusive settings. Teaching Exceptional Children, 34(3), 8-15.
    2.)  Wesson, C. L., & King, R. P. (1996). Portfolio assessment and special education students. Teaching Exceptional Children, 28(2), 44-48.
    3.)  And one of the following (to share in small group):.
    • Ezell, D., Klein, C. E., & Ezell-Powell, S. (1999). Empowering students with mental retardation through portfolio assessment: A tool for fostering self-determination skills. Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 34(4), 453-463.

      • .
    • Gelfer, J. I., & Perkins, P. G. (1998). Portfolios: Focus on young children. Teaching Exceptional Children, 31(2), 44-47.

      • .
    • Sen, M. (1998). Alternate assessments in a high school geometry class: Portfolios. Thresholds in Education, 24(3), 30-35.

      • .
    • Tierney, R. J., Carter, M. A., & Desai, L. E. (1991). Portfolio assessment in the reading-writing classroom. Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon Publishers.

      • .
    • Oosterhof, A. (2003). Developing and using classroom assessments (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River: NJ. Merrill. (Chapter 14)

    Additional Resources:

      • Dr. Helen Barrett at the University of Alaska Anchorage has a wealth on information and resources on her page about electronic portfolios

        •  
      • This article from the NCELA web site is "A PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT MODEL FOR ESL"

        •  
      • This is another article from the NCELA web site on "PERFORMANCE AND PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT FOR LANGUAGE MINORITY STUDENTS"
    return to top


    *NOTE:  To view PDF documents you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click here to download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader
     

    Home
    Courses
    Handouts
    Vision
    Vita
    e-mail me
    Julia Scherba de Valenzuela, Ph.D
    Return to top
    Last updated: October 7, 2008